Over the sea to Jordan!

We left Dahab on yet another sunny, hot day, having been warned to be well in time for the ferry to Aqaba in Jordan. As it turned out, we were 7 hours in time! It was all a relatively easy process, but having bought tickets and gone through passport control, we then waited with @100 other passengers in the large barn which was the Nuweiba departure terminal, for about 5-6 hours, all the time being assured the ferry (the FAST ferry) was leaving at 3pm, and then soon, and then 10 mins. The only sustenance available were crisps ( chips for our SA friends) and biscuits (cookies), which while delighting the children, really didn't fill tummies for that long.
Morag managed, as usual, to make friends, and it turned out the family had just spent the last 3 years in Edinburgh while the Dad did a PhD. This was Morag's favourite bit of the whole trip so far, as they had a whale of a time playing with 2 scrawny kittens, much to the horror of other European travellers who kept wiping their hands with anti-bacterial wipes every 2 minutes.
Once on the ferry, it was indeed a fast ferry to Aqaba, and we swiftly arrived in Jordan.
We quickly bypassed Aqaba (which actually looked like a fun place), and headed straight out to the desert, and the first of several nights under the stars.
Gilleasbuig actually wants to write the next bit, so I shall hand over to him.